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Concerning suit against Robert Munford and Dr. Bland.

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Concerning accounts of the ship Pennsylvania Packet; letters about the ship and the China trade. Nine manuscripts signed.

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Letter to unknown recipient. Content concerns naval shipping matters; China coast.

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Concerning loss of Congressional seat by Thomas Newton; triumphs of the Loyalists who have gone to Washington; life in Norfolk; waltzing now the rage.

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Invitation to visit; moving to country, thoughts on the war. 3 autograph letters signed.

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Invitation to visit; moving to country, thoughts on the war.

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Concerning the composition of the Cabinet of President Buchanan and possibility of Wise and Tyler being in the Administration. (Wise, Henry A., 1806-1876.)

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Concerning desire of a commissioner of the Richmond chancery district for a raise in salary. (Wythe, George, 1726-1806.)

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Incomplete letters including letter of Frances Munford (Whittle) Lewis to James Whittle concerning his daughter, naming of Chatham, Virginia and reconciliation between members of Whittle family; letters of Gilberta (Sinclair) Whittle to Lewis Neale Whittle and Sarah M. (Powers) Whittle; and letter concerning physician in Philadelphia who specialized in women's diseases; opening letters and advising husband. Undated fragments and envelopes.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of Conway Whittle II of Norfolk, Va. and of his two sisters, Mary Eliza Whittle Neale and Frances Munford Whittle Lewis. There are items concerning the earlier generation of the family, represented by Conway Whittle I and his brother Fortescue Whittle, Norfolk merchants. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of social history and naval history (including personal and official correspondence of William Lewis [1781-1815] and several letters of his...